Kristina List plans to learn new technologies in order to benefit her students and improve her teaching. She will learn SlideShare, Prezi, Glogster, LiveBinder, Knewton, AudioBook, and Grockit from February to January, implementing some like Grockit and Kerpoof in her classroom. She hopes technologies like AudioBook and Grockit will help struggling students, and LiveBinder and Knewton will personalize learning. She will assess the impact of these new technologies on student engagement, test scores, teacher feedback, and online portfolios.

1. Stepping into the World of Technology
Kristina List
EDU 543
Managing Learning Technologies

2. There is so much technology to learn....

3. Technologies that I am going to learn
For Personal Gain
To Benefit My Students
SlideShare
Prezi
Glogster
To Make me a Better Teacher
LiveBinder
Knewton
AudioBook
Grockit
Kerpoof

4. Reasoning Behind New Technology
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For My Students
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AudioBook
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Grockit
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Record my students as they read so they see and hear
their stories, hoping for improvement
Online connection with other students, in hopes to
bring different cultures into the classroom
Kerpoof
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My students can get creative with their lessons using
drawing tools

5. Reasoning Behind New Technology
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To Make Me a Better Teacher
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Live Binder
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Virtual three ring binder that allows me to collect and
organize all my resources, allows me to connect
with whiteboard
Knewton
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Allows me to personalize online learning adapted to
each student

6. When all this learning is going to happen?
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February
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Learning SlideShare to better my abilities as a
student
March
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I will teach my students Grockit

7. When all this learning is going to happen?
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April
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I will continue to use Grockit with my student
May
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Meeting with Technology Director to discuss new
apps and site to subscribe to for the next year, will
use this time to learn Kerpoof

8. When all this learning is going to happen?
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June
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Learn Glogster
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Put together a list of great sites for fellow teachers by
using SlideShare
July

9. When all this learning is going to happen?
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August
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September
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Learn and implement LifeBinder as tool for my new
student’s portfolios.
Will learn Prezi
October
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Will learn AudioBoo and use during self-selected
reading time for self evaluation

10. When all this learning is going to happen?
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November
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December
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Will learn Knewton
I will create a picture slide show as Christmas gifts
from the students to the parents using either Prezi
or SlideShare
January
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I will teach my students Glogster

11. Evidence that all is going as planned
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Watch students on a continual basis when they are
working on their apps to see that they are engaged
and showing progress in their deficits
Watch test scores to see if DRA reading percentages
increase
Teacher feed back on suggested web sites as well as
apps
Evaluate online portfolios with LiveBinder to
determine future use

12. How Will I Know It was Effective?
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In order to help reinforce
all of the technologies I
plan to incorporate in my
classroom, I will first
remind myself that...
Just because I am learning
and teaching new technology
does not mean I can forget
all the old stuff!